Amazon’s DBD Buy Buttons Activating

As of noon Saturday it appears that large numbers of Amazon's buy buttons for book titles distributed by Diamond are now active.  http://tinyurl.com/y87g6hs

CBR Review: The Muppet Show, issue 3

If you've already watched all of your DVDs of "The Muppet Show" half a dozen times, this is a good substitute. http://tinyurl.com/yfh2lz9

HACK/SLASH Moves to Image, Leaves Devil's Due Behind

Tim Seeley is bringing his creator-owned book to Image Comics, leaving behind longtime publisher Devil's Due Publishing http://tinyurl.com/yb8goad

Photo Parade: Star Wars Burlesque

A wretched hive of scum and villainy assembled in Hollywood Friday night to witness a most unusual show -- Star Wars Burlesque. CBR News was on hand and has an extensive photo gallery for your enjoyment. http://tinyurl.com/yksq6zg

The Disappearing Post Of Clifford Meth

Earlier this week, writer Clifford Meth revisited his rather-abandoned-of-late column at Comic Bulletin, Meth Addict.
In which he told how a project he was associated with, Dave Cockrum’s The Futurians almost made it to the screen ... http://tinyurl.com/yhyw4xs

Seven Newsbites From Emerald City Comic Con

So, while I’ve been talking to people on Popgun Volume 4, apparently there’s been a comic convention going on. So lets have a quick run down of a few of the things that are being ... http://tinyurl.com/yz22khn

Twinterview ? Talking To Popgun Vol 4 ? Eleven Of Them

What was I thinking? Image Comics recently published the fourth Pop Gun anthology volume, featuring a diverse group of comic creators telling a very diverse set of short stories. From acts of piracy sailing the ... http://tinyurl.com/yklhp3s

BOOM! Gets Dangerous W/ DARKWING DUCK, More at ECCC

BOOM! Studios had a few announcements today at Emerald City Comic-Con, starting w/ the Terror that Flaps in the Night http://tinyurl.com/ygtvf9e

"Hack/Slash" Moves To Image

CBR spoke with "Hack/Slash" creator Tim Seeley about today's announcement that Cassie Hack, Vlad and the others will be relocating from Devil's Due to Image, starting with an all-new miniseries titled "My First Maniac. http://tinyurl.com/yeuzjej

Greg reviews every manga series he reads, part 2: MPD-Psycho

I kind of hesitate to review this, but I will anyway. I'll explain below the jump!


MPD-Psycho is written by Eiji Otsuka, drawn by Sho-U Tajima, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian, and lettered by Steve Dutro. Dark Horse publishes the English version, and nine volumes have come out. There's part of the problem. [...] http://tinyurl.com/yeys6v2

ECCC: Whack, Smack! ?Darkwing Duck? is Back

Darkwing Duck is on the attack again in June, courtesy of BOOM! Studios. CBR News spoke with writer Ian Brill cartoon about the unique cartoon from the early '90s and his plans for the first four-issue miniseries. http://tinyurl.com/yk8eb5o

Publishers respond to Amazon freeze

After a pricing glitch last Sunday, Amazon.com has temporarily stopped selling graphic novels from several comic publishers. ROBOT 6 talks to a couple of impacted publishers to see what it means for their business. http://tinyurl.com/yc4xrng

Emerald City Comicon unfolds; three days in 2011; Jet City launches

As the above twitpic from BackRoomComics shows, by 8 am there was already a healthy line of people lined up to get in this year’s Emerald City ComiCon, and all signs point to a pretty busy show. (We’ll hit the floor as soon as this goes up!)

It was The Beat’s inaugural trip to Emerald City [...] http://tinyurl.com/y9d9ljb

Graham Annable explains what a Grickle is

Cartoonist Graham Annable has a new collection coming out from Dark Horse Comics in April, and ROBOT 6's Chris Mautner catches up with him on all things Grickle. http://tinyurl.com/ygj6k3z

Some Diamond books going back on sale at Amazon; worries remain

Amazon is quietly adding buy buttons for some books distributed by Diamond Book Distributors; the roll-out seems to include several Marvel books that are on pre-order such as Uncanny X-Men: Nation X, Book 1 by Matt Fraction, the X-Men: Inferno Crossovers HC by a $75 collection reprinting a plethora of Inferno-related stories, and X-Men: Mutant [...] http://tinyurl.com/yzdgdwm

Some Diamond books going back on sale at Amazon; worries remain

Amazon is quietly adding buy buttons for some books distributed by Diamond Book Distributors; the roll-out seems to include several Marvel books that are on pre-order such as Uncanny X-Men: Nation X, Book 1 by Matt Fraction, the X-Men: Inferno Crossovers HC by a $75 collection reprinting a plethora of Inferno-related stories, and X-Men: Mutant [...] http://tinyurl.com/yhb49qf

2010 Doug Wright Award nominees announced

The 2010 nominees for the prestigious Doug Wright awards, honoring the best in Canadian comics, were announced earlier today. The awards will be presented at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Sat. May 8, at 7 pm at the Toronto Reference Library’s new Bram & Bluma Appel Salon.
The Doug Wright Awards finalists for Best [...] http://tinyurl.com/y99srtc

Dark Horse Titles On Sale March 17, 2010

Dark Horse has provided previews of titles on sale this week, including Torajiro Kishi's "Devil" #2, "Groo: Hogs of Horder" #4, and "Turok: Son of Stone" Archives vol. 5! http://tinyurl.com/ylgktp3

A Year of Cool Comics - Day 72

Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today [...] http://tinyurl.com/yhvgcx6

CSBG: Looking At "Girl Comics"

After interviewing editor Mariah Huehner about the announcement of "Girl Comics" two months ago, CSBG's Kelly Thompson read the first issue - find out whether or not it succeeded in living up to her high hopes and expectations! http://tinyurl.com/yg2j3xa

Savannah College of Art and Design to launch SCADCon 2011

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Dan DeCarlo's Archie Is Back in IDW Hardcovers

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Another Reason Why Diamond Book Distributors Have A Difficult Week Ahead Of Them

Who would be a Dimaond Book Distributor representative right now?
Currently, Amazon won’t allow customers to directly order product distributed to them by Diamond Book Distributors – which includes Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Avatar and ... http://tinyurl.com/yf4ks78

How To Break Into Marvel? Drop The S-Bomb It Seems

Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way #1 is the first issue of a two-part comic book purporting to give guidance and advice to aspiring comic book artists wanting to break into the industry, but instead ... http://tinyurl.com/ycmlnkg

Preview: Batman

Who wears the Black Mask? The true identity of Gotham City's new crimelord is finally revealed and that identity will surprise everybody – especially Batman! And after the final showdown between Black Mask and The Dark Knight, will things ever be the same for Kittyhawk and the Reaper? http://tinyurl.com/yh5xqp9

Comics Are Awesome #28

I dare you to find a busier, more exciting comic book cover than this.
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1940s Superman Ring For $10,000 On eBay ? Two Days To Go

It started with a $9.99 Minimum Bid. But this eBay auction for the first Superman Premium Ring from the 1940s has just topped $10,000 with days to go. The listing descibed the item as;
a silver ... http://tinyurl.com/yzx5gte

Kick Ass Review Runaround

The UK embargo for Kick-Ass reviews expired at one minute past minute last night – which saw enterprising folks post the reviews that had been sitting on their hard drives for the past few weeks, ... http://tinyurl.com/yfwmhm6

Another Week of Proto-Comics

Continuing from last week's look at some of the B-list pulp heroes who transitioned to the comics... and a couple who didn't.
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I really shouldn't refer to The Phantom Detective as a B-lister. He was the was one of the earliest pulp-hero headliners to get his own book -- Feburary 1933, shortly after the Shadow and [...] http://tinyurl.com/yawkylu